dineshlalvani.com » Out and About http://www.dineshlalvani.com My little corner of the interweb! Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:01:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 It’s still Burj Dubai to me! http://www.dineshlalvani.com/2010/01/05/its-still-burj-dubai-to-me/ http://www.dineshlalvani.com/2010/01/05/its-still-burj-dubai-to-me/#comments Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:32:59 +0000 Dinesh http://www.dineshlalvani.com/?p=281 An impressive opening ceremony, but this renaming just doesn’t work! People of Dubai and around the world will always call it Burj Dubai. Why change a brand name to satisfy egos and politics. The amount of brand goodwill that will be lost on this is ridiculous. It took 6 years to reinforce the name globally only to have it changed overnight. Just doesn’t make good business sense. Also check out http://www.burjkhalifa.com. Someone is squatting on it. Good luck with getting that domain name.

I say we should start a petition to get the name changed back to Burj Dubai. If the move was done for unity then they should have called it Burj Emirates or Burj UAE. Besides, would you wear a tshirt that say Burj Khalifa?

Anyways, it will always be BD for Me! Check out the video for some of the highlights from the show. Sorry for the jittery camera work, but after a bit, didnt really care about taking a video anymore.

]]> http://www.dineshlalvani.com/2010/01/05/its-still-burj-dubai-to-me/feed/ 0 Dream Out Loud Rocks Il Terrazzo http://www.dineshlalvani.com/2009/09/30/dream-out-loud-rocks-il-terrazzo/ http://www.dineshlalvani.com/2009/09/30/dream-out-loud-rocks-il-terrazzo/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:56:42 +0000 Dinesh http://www.dineshlalvani.com/?p=249 And I am back from the Dream Out Loud gig at Il Terrazzo and am glad that thinks are back to normal at my local neighbourhood venue. They were a tight band, with some good melodies and some killer guitar licks! Here is a quick sample from the night, sorry for the little distorted sound, but the venue is quite small and there is only so much you can pick up with a camera phone :) Anyways, I hope next wednesday will also have something good in store for us Mumbaikars!

]]> http://www.dineshlalvani.com/2009/09/30/dream-out-loud-rocks-il-terrazzo/feed/ 0 Daddy Wind Songs Wednesday. Hope this week is better! http://www.dineshlalvani.com/2009/09/30/daddy-wind-songs-wednesday-hope-this-week-is-better/ http://www.dineshlalvani.com/2009/09/30/daddy-wind-songs-wednesday-hope-this-week-is-better/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:19:59 +0000 Dinesh http://www.dineshlalvani.com/?p=240 Dream Out LoudUsually the venue does have really good artists, but couple of weeks ago they got it all wrong. From the solo acoustic singer who had an out of tune guitar to the follow up band of kids that had something but really not exciting. This is the same venue where tough on tobacco and hypnotribe played and rocked, so hopefully this wednesday will have a better outcome. This week they have “Dream Out Loud”, a local rock band. See below for details.

Dream Out Loud is an idea which had begun a long time ago in the minds of 2 musicians. The style that they identified was rock. The sound of the electric guitar, bass and drums was enough to inspire them to create songs in the midst of the chaotic Mumbai lifestyle. “Human Race”, their 1st album was released independently by Dream Out Loud in 2007. The current line-up is Suraj on vocals, Chandresh on guitar, Melroy on bass and Sheldon on drums.

The entry is Rs. 500 which is a bit pricey but as long as it means support to local musicians I am game! They really do need to drop that one down so that the place is a bit more accessible to people who really are into music.

To get there check out this link – http://www.mumbaikar.com/en/directory/listing/mocha.html

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